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Electoral results for the district of Walhalla

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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Walhalla in Victorian state elections.

Members for Walhalla

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Member Party Term
  Albert Harris Unaligned 1904–1910
  Samuel Barnes Comm. Liberal \ Nationalist 1910–1927
  William Moncur Country 1927–1945

Election results

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Elections in the 1940s

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1943 Victorian state election: Walhalla[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leslie Kaeppel 4,750 42.0 +42.0
Country William Moncur 3,235 28.6 −71.4
Country William Simpson 2,077 18.4 +18.4
Country David White 824 7.3 +7.3
Independent Jack Whiteacre 421 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 11,307 96.4
Informal votes 425 3.6
Turnout 11,732 87.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country William Moncur 5,844 51.7 −48.3
Labor Leslie Kaeppel 5,463 48.3 +48.3
Country hold Swing N/A
1940 Victorian state election: Walhalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Moncur unopposed
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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1937 Victorian state election: Walhalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Moncur 4,937 46.9 −12.1
Independent Labor Arthur Fewster 3,029 28.8 +28.8
Independent Country Daniel White 1,437 13.7 −27.3
United Australia Claude Lewis 1,120 10.6 +10.6
Total formal votes 10,523 97.9 −0.1
Informal votes 227 2.1 +0.1
Turnout 10,750 93.8 −1.3
After distribution of preferences
Country William Moncur 5,435 51.6
Independent Labor Arthur Fewster 3,164 30.1
Independent Country Daniel White 1,924 18.3
Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed to completion.
1935 Victorian state election: Walhalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Moncur 5,925 59.0 −0.1
Independent Daniel White 4,113 41.0 +25.1
Total formal votes 10,038 98.0 −1.0
Informal votes 208 2.0 +1.0
Turnout 10,246 95.1 +2.7
Country hold Swing N/A
1932 Victorian state election: Walhalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Moncur 5,708 59.1 +14.4
Labor Harold McGowan 2,808 29.1 −16.1
Independent Daniel White 1,44 11.8 +11.8
Total formal votes 9,417 99.0 0.0
Informal votes 98 1.0 0.0
Turnout 9,829 92.4 −0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country William Moncur 69.7 +16.3
Labor Harold McGowan 30.3 −16.3
Country hold Swing +16.3
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Victorian state election: Walhalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McGrath 4,259 45.2 +6.4
Country William Moncur 4,208 44.7 +12.7
Independent Country Andrew Wilson 950 10.1 +10.1
Total formal votes 9,417 99.0 +1.0
Informal votes 98 1.0 −1.0
Turnout 9,515 93.2 +2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country William Moncur 5,024 53.4 +0.6
Labor William McGrath 4,393 46.6 −0.6
Country hold Swing +0.6
1927 Victorian state election: Walhalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Bermingham 3,223 38.8
Country William Moncur 2,659 32.0
Nationalist Samuel Barnes 2,423 29.2
Total formal votes 8,305 98.0
Informal votes 172 2.0
Turnout 8,477 91.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country William Moncur 4,381 52.8
Labor James Bermingham 3,924 47.2
Country gain from Nationalist Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Walhalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Samuel Barnes 2,219 53.4 −46.6
Labor James Bermingham 1,936 46.6 +46.6
Total formal votes 4,155 99.5
Informal votes 22 0.5
Turnout 4,177 53.6
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
1921 Victorian state election: Walhalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Samuel Barnes unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing
1920 Victorian state election: Walhalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Samuel Barnes 2,212 66.2 −1.3
Labor Richard Bowers 1,129 33.8 +1.3
Total formal votes 3,341 95.8 −1.8
Informal votes 148 4.2 +1.8
Turnout 3,489 54.4 +11.9
Nationalist hold Swing −1.3

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Victorian state election: Walhalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Samuel Barnes 1,776 67.5 +3.6
Labor Edward Nichols 856 32.5 −3.6
Total formal votes 2,632 97.6 −0.4
Informal votes 65 2.4 +0.4
Turnout 2,697 42.5 −1.0
Nationalist hold Swing +3.6
1914 Victorian state election: Walhalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Samuel Barnes 1,811 63.9 +1.7
Labor Edward Nichols 1,021 36.1 −1.7
Total formal votes 2,832 98.0 −0.6
Informal votes 58 2.0 +0.6
Turnout 2,890 43.5 −12.1
Liberal hold Swing +1.7
1911 Victorian state election: Walhalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Samuel Barnes 2,032 62.2 N/A
Labor Samuel Reynolds 1,232 37.7 +37.7
Total formal votes 3,264 98.6
Informal votes 45 1.4
Turnout 3,309 55.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A

References

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  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 070811332X.